December 01, 2004
Station House Opera project
A Global Event of a Different Order
DOMESTIC SPACE needed for use as development and performance location for STATION HOUSE OPERA. New project LIVE FROM PARADISE is a global internet project that breaks new ground in live performance. Three events around the world, each with its own local audience, are linked by video streaming to create a combined performance that is presented at each location as a live movie projected on two screens, edited together in real time.
Each location is unique and has a single camera, which can move from the performance space itself to other places in the building or the surrounding streets. Close-ups, views from windows, street scenes, views of hidden rooms, all from different places, are linked to form a single narrative.
The house/flat/space will be needed for a year from April 2005, as the piece will be tailor-made and rewritten to fit the specific location, whilst the other two performances travel from Brazil to Berlin, Japan to Amsterdam. If you know of a possible location or want more information about the project, please contact Alex Hyde, alex @ artsadmin.co.uk
Live from Paradise is an event which aims to make the ordinary, physical existence of distant performers close, immediate, unpredictable and alive. By joining the physically present performers with performers in remote locations, via the visual language of a narrative film, shot and edited in real time, the audience is confronted with a global event of a different order - one which makes a performance while questioning their own understanding of film, video and live broadcasting.
Live from Paradise will be performed in three apartments simultaneously. In each of the three places the audiences will see the live performance along with video streamed from the other two locations, projected on two screens placed side by side.
Posted by jo at December 1, 2004 10:06 AM
